December 2017 Transaction Data from HM Land Registry

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,266,640 applications to change or query the Land Register
The South East topped the table of regional applications with 287,649

319,721 were applications to update existing titles compared with 411,092 in November;
551,427 were applications to obtain an official copy of a register compared with 834,546 in November;
197,327 were official searches compared with 238,129 in November; and
26,377 were postal applications from non-account holders, compared with 30,948 in November.

Region/country	October applications	November applications	December applications
South East	407,148	408,756	287,649
Greater London	329,865	339,086	250,636
North West	195,045	200,475	139,168
South West	168,802	173,351	124,681
West Midlands	145,121	152,816	107,079
Yorkshire and the Humber	135,347	135,373	98,017
East Midlands	120,689	125,846	90,239
Wales	80,938	82,646	58,854
North	82,710	81,197	56,648
East Anglia	74,202	74,499	53,549
Isles of Scilly	106	92	79
England and Wales (not assigned)	95	86	42
Total	1,740,068	1,774,223	1,266,641

Top five local authority areas	October applications		November applications		December applications
	Birmingham	26,232	Birmingham	27,715	Birmingham	19,714
	City of Westminster	24,087	City of Westminster	23,565	City of Westminster	17,977
	Leeds	19,895	Leeds	20,137	Leeds	14,262
	Manchester	17,810	Cornwall	18,823	Manchester	13,384
	Cornwall	17,794	Manchester	18,542	Cornwall	13,332